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Re: lessons - how much $

Author: lucyw
Date: 2006-07-31 15:57

"Author: DressedToKill (170.148.10.---)
Date: 2006-07-31 13:30

Very much agreed...there doesn't seem to be much point in studying with one of the greats if all you plan to do is be the best oboist in your community orchestra."

I'm not sure that I get your point. My goal is not to be the best oboist in my community orchestra. My goal is to be the best oboist that I can be regardless of where I am playing. If there is a unwritten rule that community orchestras should not contain excellent musicians, then I'm unaware of it. It would be a sad day if all the musicians scattered across the globe said, "Ah well, I'm not sitting in the NY Phil...I should just quit trying to achieve excellence." Musicians strive to be good because they are musicians - not because of where they perform. That's why you can hear wonderful music across the globe from the largest cities to the smallest villages. Music lives everywhere and musicians who care about their playing live everywhere also. I hope the day never arrives when I tell one of my piano students that they should never try to achieve their greatest potential.

"There are wonderful teachers everywhere, veritable unsung heroes who have produced fantastic students. I wouldn't be where I am today as a musician if it weren't for my first clarinet teacher, who was just a small-town oldster with a colorful past, but that man made me love music more than anything... "

Yes, there are amazing teachers everywhere. It sounds like your former teacher was one of the "great" teachers, even though he lived in a small town and you probably paid him next to nothing for his time.

There is a difference between being a great teacher and a great performer. This is not to say that great performers cannot be great teachers - but it's not a given.

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